Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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Do these patches change the region on the Japanese light gun itself or do they patch the game files? I’m in a similar boat with an OEM import light gun.
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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I would like to know how one can realize our Lightgun is JP or US or PAL ? I recently bought one (Have no mark, it's third party I guess very similar to Original SEGA JP version, auto fire, etc) I am trying to play some games: Some works, some not
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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I've got an imported light gun too. Are there patches for the other problem titles?
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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VioletValkyria wrote:Are there patches for the other problem titles?
There are no patches, only patched GDI images of all NTSC-U games. You need several posts, after which your page will be activated and the download section will become available to you
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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megavolt85 wrote:
VioletValkyria wrote:Are there patches for the other problem titles?
There are no patches, only patched GDI images of all NTSC-U games. You need several posts, after which your page will be activated and the download section will become available to you
Cool! Thank you!
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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megavolt85 wrote:
VioletValkyria wrote:Are there patches for the other problem titles?
There are no patches, only patched GDI images of all NTSC-U games. You need several posts, after which your page will be activated and the download section will become available to you
Ooo nice, thanks :D
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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Glad I found this thread!
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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I am about to purchase an imported Japanese official light gun because of this thread but I want to confirm with someone if the patched games work without issue. I have a GDEmu so I would be loading the GDI files to an SD card. Has anyone had success loading the patched HotD2, Confidential Mission and Death Crimson OX?
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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Found this thread looking for the light gun patches to use the Japanese light gun with the US roms. Need to post a few times to access the link apparently. Awesome work to fix this Megavolt.
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Re: Official NTSC-U Region Light Gun Discovered

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Thats awesome. I wish they had released it despite the tragedy
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